Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

National Capital Judicial Region
Branch 4
City of Manila

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,

Petitioner,

-versus- CRIMINAL CASE NO: 64509

For: Violation of Section 261 (dd)(1)
Of the Omnibus Election Code

NILO KHO, BEN TELADOR, BOCO CHALAD,

MARK SANCHEZ, and PEDRO DELA CRUZ,
Accused.
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NOTICE OF PRE-TRIAL

The parties are hereby required to appear personally or through their duly
authorized representative, and their counsel in the Pre-Trial on March 18, 2020
at 7:30 in the evening.

The parties and their counsels are required to be present at the pre-trial and
to file with the court and serve on the adverse party at least three (3) days before
the date of the pre-trial their respective pre-trial briefs which shall contain, among
others:

(a) A concise statement if the case and the reliefs prayed for;
(b) A summary of admitted facts and proposed stipulation of facts;
(c) The main factual and legal issues to be tried or resolved;
(d) The documents or other object evidence to be marked, stating the
purpose thereof;
(e) The names of witnesses, and the summary of their respective
testimonies; and
(f) Brief statement of points of law and citation of authorities.

Failure to file the pre-trial brief shall have the same effect as failure to
appear at the pre-trial.

Non-appearance at the Pre-Trial or any of the foregoing settings shall merit

the sanction of dismissal of the action, for the plaintiff’s and his or her counsel’s
non-appearance, and allowance of plaintiff’s ex-parte evidence presentation and ex-
parte judgment, for defendant’s and his or her counsel’s non-appearance. The non-
appearance of a party and counsel may be excused only for acts of God, force
majeure, or duly substantiated physical inability.

A representative, through a special power of attorney, may appear on behalf

of a party, but shall be fully authorized in writing to enter into amicable settlement,
to submit to alternative modes of dispute resolution, and to enter into stipulations
or admission of facts and documents.

The parties and their counsel, who are required to attend the Pre-Trial shall
be ready.
 No reservation of evidence not available during the Pre-Trial shall be
allowed unless done in the following manner:

(a) For testimonial evidence, by giving the name or position and the nature
of the testimony of the proposed witness;
(b) For documentary evidence and other object evidence, and electronic
evidence, by giving a particular description of the evidence.

The failure without just cause of a party and counsel to appear at the Pre-
Trial, despite notice, shall result in a waiver of any objectionsls to the faithfulness of
the reproductions marked, or their genuineness and due execution.

The failure without just cause of a party and counsel to bring the evidence
required at the Pre-Trial shall be deemed a waiver of the presentation of such
evidence.

WITNESS, the HON. PRIMO A. RAMOS, Presiding Judge of this Court,

this 188th day of MARCH, 2020, at City of Manila.

ATTY. ARIANNE O. DIMAANO

Clerk of Court V

Copy Furnished:

Office of the Solicitor General

Office of the City Prosecutor/Fiscal Michael Angelo Tamayo
Counsel of Petitioner/Atty. Jose Alfredo C. Yumang
Petitioner
Respondent